Candy, animals, and candy animals will be among the subjects depicted in works in the Baton Rouge Gallery’s newest exhibition, set to open on June 30.

The exhibition, featuring works by gallery members Frankie Gould, April Hammock, Ross Jahnke and Tom Richard, will be on display at the City Park gallery through Aug. 1. The museum is free and is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.

The gallery is hosting special events with the exhibition, including a “First Wednesday” opening reception on July 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, July 7, the artists will be at the gallery to discuss their work and answer questions for the “ARTiculate Artist Talk” series. The event begins at 4 p.m.

Both the opening reception and discussion are free and open to the public.

Gould’s most recent work found inspiration at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Zoo animals consider viewers, looking at the humans that come to stare at them and wondering what kind of bizarre creatures the people are, the gallery says. Gould, a director and professor of communications and public relations at the Louisiana State University AgCenter, is best known for her work with colored pencils.

Hammock’s art is the most abstract in the exhibition, using rich acrylic colors to create circular, organic forms. Hammock says the goal of her work is to explore how people redefine their sense of selves and their place in the world. Hammock also works as a visual arts instructor at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.

Jahnke’s prints featured in the exhibition explore “the things we put in our mouths,” the gallery says. Candy, fast food, and other foods are considered in his work as symbols that define us as individuals and as a culture. The exhibition will include intaglio prints, a new printmaking method for Jahnke. Jahnke is an associate professor of art at Nicholls State University.

Richard’s images find a way to “pose big questions with little objects,” the gallery says. He juxtaposes quirky objects like Peeps, the rabbit-shaped marshmallow candies, with bomb explosions and lightning fields. Richard often uses images of childhood toys combined with historical art references to explore issues of history. Richard lives in Monticello, Ark., and is an art professor at the University of Arkansas.